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WEBER (Weber) Friedrich Dionysus (real name and family name - Bedřich Divis, Divis) (9 X 1766, Velikhov, near Karlovy Vary - 25 XII 1842, Prague) - Czech. composer, teacher, organist, music. writer. He studied music under G.I. Vogler. At the end of the 18th century. acted as the author of fp. plays (Bravure variations for fp. with orc.), dances (minuets, landlers, quadrille), marches. Later he wrote chamber compositions, pieces for wind instruments, cantata, mass, etc. He was the first director of the Prague Conservatory (1811-42) and wrote information about it. a pamphlet (in 1817). Organizational and pedagogical. V.'s activity contributed to the formation of this school. institutions.In 1839-42 he was simultaneously the director of org. schools in Prague. In 1819-20 he embarked on a folklore expedition to the Czech Republic and then published in 1824 the so-called. Kolovratsky manuscript (Kolovratsky rukopis) - the first collection of Czech. Nar songs and melodies. He improved the valve system of some wind instruments, as well as the lever system of tuning the timpani. Nek-ry fp. V.'s compositions and songs were published in Prague in the 20th century.